diff --git a/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/auth/AuthenticationManager.java b/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/auth/AuthenticationManager.java
index 47460ca3..265117d0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/auth/AuthenticationManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/auth/AuthenticationManager.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 package com.trilead.ssh2.auth;
 
 import com.trilead.ssh2.crypto.keys.Ed25519PrivateKey;
-import com.trilead.ssh2.crypto.keys.Ed25519PublicKey;
 import com.trilead.ssh2.signature.RSASHA256Verify;
 import com.trilead.ssh2.signature.RSASHA512Verify;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -316,7 +315,7 @@ else if (publicKey instanceof ECPublicKey)
 
 				tm.sendMessage(ua.getPayload());
 			}
-			else if (publicKey instanceof Ed25519PublicKey)
+			else if ("EdDSA".equals(publicKey.getAlgorithm()))
 			{
 				final String algo = Ed25519Verify.ED25519_ID;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/crypto/keys/Ed25519KeyFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/crypto/keys/Ed25519KeyFactory.java
index 585331a7..8550566f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/crypto/keys/Ed25519KeyFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/crypto/keys/Ed25519KeyFactory.java
@@ -33,7 +33,28 @@ protected <T extends KeySpec> T engineGetKeySpec(Key key, Class<T> keySpec) thro
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected Key engineTranslateKey(Key key) throws InvalidKeyException {
-		throw new InvalidKeyException("No other EdDSA key providers known");
+	public Key engineTranslateKey(Key key) throws InvalidKeyException {
+		if (key instanceof Ed25519PublicKey || key instanceof Ed25519PrivateKey) {
+			return key;
+		}
+		if (key instanceof PublicKey && key.getFormat().equals("X.509")) {
+			byte[] encoded = key.getEncoded();
+			try {
+				return new Ed25519PublicKey(new X509EncodedKeySpec(encoded));
+			} catch (InvalidKeySpecException e) {
+				throw new InvalidKeyException(e);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (key instanceof PrivateKey && key.getFormat().equals("PKCS#8")) {
+			byte[] encoded = key.getEncoded();
+			try {
+				return new Ed25519PrivateKey(new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(encoded));
+			} catch (InvalidKeySpecException e) {
+				throw new InvalidKeyException(e);
+			}
+		}
+
+		throw new InvalidKeyException("Could not convert EdDSA key from key class " + key.getClass());
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/crypto/keys/Ed25519Provider.java b/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/crypto/keys/Ed25519Provider.java
index 369ca72b..26f8aa28 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/crypto/keys/Ed25519Provider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/crypto/keys/Ed25519Provider.java
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 import java.security.Security;
 
 public class Ed25519Provider extends Provider {
+	public static final String NAME = "ConnectBot Ed25519 Provider";
 	public static final String KEY_ALGORITHM = "Ed25519";
 	private static final Object sInitLock = new Object();
 	private static boolean sInitialized = false;
 
 	public Ed25519Provider() {
-		super("ConnectBot Ed25519 Provider", 1.0, "Not for use elsewhere");
+		super(NAME, 1.0, "Not for use elsewhere");
 		AccessController.doPrivileged((PrivilegedAction<Object>) () -> {
 			setup();
 			return null;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/signature/Ed25519Verify.java b/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/signature/Ed25519Verify.java
index 638fc961..0e7431ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/signature/Ed25519Verify.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/trilead/ssh2/signature/Ed25519Verify.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 package com.trilead.ssh2.signature;
 
 import com.google.crypto.tink.subtle.Ed25519Sign;
+import com.trilead.ssh2.crypto.keys.Ed25519KeyFactory;
 import com.trilead.ssh2.crypto.keys.Ed25519PrivateKey;
 import com.trilead.ssh2.crypto.keys.Ed25519PublicKey;
 import com.trilead.ssh2.log.Logger;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
+import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
 import java.security.PrivateKey;
 import java.security.PublicKey;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
@@ -66,8 +68,8 @@ public static Ed25519Verify get() {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public byte[] encodePublicKey(PublicKey publicKey) {
-		Ed25519PublicKey ed25519PublicKey = (Ed25519PublicKey) publicKey;
+	public byte[] encodePublicKey(PublicKey publicKey) throws IOException {
+		Ed25519PublicKey ed25519PublicKey = getEd25519PublicKey(publicKey);
 
 		TypesWriter tw = new TypesWriter();
 
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ public PublicKey decodePublicKey(byte[] encoded) throws IOException {
 
 	@Override
 	public byte[] generateSignature(byte[] msg, PrivateKey privateKey, SecureRandom secureRandom) throws IOException {
-		Ed25519PrivateKey ed25519PrivateKey = (Ed25519PrivateKey) privateKey;
+		Ed25519PrivateKey ed25519PrivateKey = getEd25519PrivateKey(privateKey);
 		try {
 			return encodeSSHEd25519Signature(new Ed25519Sign(ed25519PrivateKey.getSeed()).sign(msg));
 		} catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
@@ -110,9 +112,27 @@ public byte[] generateSignature(byte[] msg, PrivateKey privateKey, SecureRandom
 		}
 	}
 
+	private static Ed25519PublicKey getEd25519PublicKey(PublicKey publicKey) throws IOException {
+		Ed25519KeyFactory kf = new Ed25519KeyFactory();
+		try {
+			return (Ed25519PublicKey) kf.engineTranslateKey(publicKey);
+		} catch (InvalidKeyException e) {
+			throw new IOException(e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static Ed25519PrivateKey getEd25519PrivateKey(PrivateKey privateKey) throws IOException {
+		Ed25519KeyFactory kf = new Ed25519KeyFactory();
+		try {
+			return (Ed25519PrivateKey) kf.engineTranslateKey(privateKey);
+		} catch (InvalidKeyException e) {
+			throw new IOException(e);
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean verifySignature(byte[] message, byte[] sshSig, PublicKey publicKey) throws IOException {
-		Ed25519PublicKey ed25519PublicKey = (Ed25519PublicKey) publicKey;
+		Ed25519PublicKey ed25519PublicKey = getEd25519PublicKey(publicKey);
 		byte[] javaSig = decodeSSHEd25519Signature(sshSig);
 		try {
 			new com.google.crypto.tink.subtle.Ed25519Verify(ed25519PublicKey.getAbyte()).verify(javaSig, message);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/trilead/ssh2/crypto/keys/Ed25519KeyFactoryTest.java b/src/test/java/com/trilead/ssh2/crypto/keys/Ed25519KeyFactoryTest.java
index 587fe2d6..e15c67e4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/trilead/ssh2/crypto/keys/Ed25519KeyFactoryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/trilead/ssh2/crypto/keys/Ed25519KeyFactoryTest.java
@@ -3,11 +3,17 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.security.KeyFactory;
+import java.security.KeyPair;
+import java.security.KeyPairGenerator;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.security.PrivateKey;
+import java.security.PublicKey;
 import java.security.spec.PKCS8EncodedKeySpec;
 import java.security.spec.X509EncodedKeySpec;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 
 public class Ed25519KeyFactoryTest {
 	private static final byte[] PRIVATE = toByteArray("302e020100300506032b657004220420f72a0a036e3479e15edb74da5f2a5418e66db450ad50687cad90247eeab6440c");
@@ -41,4 +47,38 @@ public void generatesPublicKey() throws Exception {
 		Ed25519PublicKey pub = (Ed25519PublicKey) kf.generatePublic(new X509EncodedKeySpec(PUBLIC));
 		assertThat(pub.getAbyte(), is(KAT_ED25519_PUB));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void translatesNativeJDKKeys() throws Exception {
+		KeyPairGenerator kpg;
+		try {
+			kpg = KeyPairGenerator.getInstance("EdDSA");
+		} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+			// Skip test if EdDSA is not supported by the JDK
+			System.err.println("Skipping translatesNativeJDKKeys test: EdDSA not supported by this JDK");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		KeyPair keyPair = kpg.generateKeyPair();
+		PublicKey nativePubKey = keyPair.getPublic();
+		PrivateKey nativePrivKey = keyPair.getPrivate();
+
+		Ed25519KeyFactory keyFactorySpi = new Ed25519KeyFactory();
+
+		// Translate Public Key
+		PublicKey translatedPubKey = (PublicKey) keyFactorySpi.engineTranslateKey(nativePubKey);
+		assertThat(translatedPubKey.getAlgorithm(), is("EdDSA"));
+		assertThat(translatedPubKey.getFormat(), is("X.509"));
+		assertArrayEquals(nativePubKey.getEncoded(), translatedPubKey.getEncoded());
+		assertThat(((Ed25519PublicKey) translatedPubKey).getAbyte(), is(((Ed25519PublicKey) keyFactorySpi
+				.engineGeneratePublic(new X509EncodedKeySpec(nativePubKey.getEncoded()))).getAbyte()));
+
+		// Translate Private Key
+		PrivateKey translatedPrivKey = (PrivateKey) keyFactorySpi.engineTranslateKey(nativePrivKey);
+		assertThat(translatedPrivKey.getAlgorithm(), is("EdDSA"));
+		assertThat(translatedPrivKey.getFormat(), is("PKCS#8"));
+		assertArrayEquals(nativePrivKey.getEncoded(), translatedPrivKey.getEncoded());
+		assertThat(((Ed25519PrivateKey) translatedPrivKey).getSeed(), is(((Ed25519PrivateKey) keyFactorySpi
+				.engineGeneratePrivate(new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(nativePrivKey.getEncoded()))).getSeed()));
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/trilead/ssh2/signature/Ed25519VerifyTest.java b/src/test/java/com/trilead/ssh2/signature/Ed25519VerifyTest.java
index b731a204..4f308101 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/trilead/ssh2/signature/Ed25519VerifyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/trilead/ssh2/signature/Ed25519VerifyTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.KeyPair;
+import java.security.KeyPairGenerator;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.security.PrivateKey;
+import java.security.PublicKey;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.security.spec.PKCS8EncodedKeySpec;
 import java.security.spec.X509EncodedKeySpec;
@@ -190,4 +194,30 @@ public void encodesAndDecodesJavaFormat() throws Exception {
 		Ed25519PublicKey pubKey2 = new Ed25519PublicKey(new X509EncodedKeySpec(pubKeyEncoded));
 		assertThat(pubKey.getAbyte(), is(pubKey2.getAbyte()));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void nativeJDKConversion() throws Exception {
+		java.security.KeyPairGenerator kpg;
+		try {
+			kpg = KeyPairGenerator.getInstance("EdDSA");
+		} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+			// Skip test if EdDSA is not supported by the JDK
+			System.err.println("Skipping nativeJDKConversion test: EdDSA not supported by this JDK");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		KeyPair keyPair = kpg.generateKeyPair();
+
+		// Convert and check Public Key
+		PublicKey nativePubKey = keyPair.getPublic();
+		X509EncodedKeySpec pubKeySpec = new X509EncodedKeySpec(nativePubKey.getEncoded());
+		Ed25519PublicKey convertedPubKey = new Ed25519PublicKey(pubKeySpec);
+		assertArrayEquals(nativePubKey.getEncoded(), convertedPubKey.getEncoded());
+
+		// Convert and check Private Key
+		PrivateKey nativePrivKey = keyPair.getPrivate();
+		PKCS8EncodedKeySpec privKeySpec = new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(nativePrivKey.getEncoded());
+		Ed25519PrivateKey convertedPrivKey = new Ed25519PrivateKey(privKeySpec);
+		assertArrayEquals(nativePrivKey.getEncoded(), convertedPrivKey.getEncoded());
+	}
 }